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BRAZIL & CUBA
SS6G3b: Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Brazil and Cuba affect where people live and
how they trade.
BRAZIL
BRAZIL - Location
• Largest country in South America in both area and population.
• Located on the eastern side of South America The Amazon River and its its tributaries stretch along the northern portion of Brazil in the rainforest.
BRAZIL - Location
• Equator crosses the northern portion of Brazil
• Mostly flat, rolling lowlands with some hills, plains and mountains
BRAZIL Trade
• Brazil is close to the Atlantic Ocean and the Panama Canal. This promotes trade with other countries.
• Brazil has 7 major seaports that export cars and other transportation equipment, iron ore, soybeans, shoes, coffee, and sugar.
• Its largest trading partner is the USA
BRAZILTrade
• Another major industry in Brazil is tourism.• The Amazon Rainforest draws many
visitors. Many of its animals and plants can not be found anywhere else in the world.
• Brazil has lots of sandy beaches.• Carnival is a huge festival that brings
millions of tourists to Rio de Janeiro every year.
BRAZIL
Brazil - Climate
• Very hot and tropical, especially in the rainforest.
• Southern Brazil has milder, more temperate climate.
BRAZIL – Natural Resources
• bauxite, gold , iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber
BRAZIL – Natural Resources
• Brazil produces over one-third of the world’s coffee.
• Soybeans, soybean oil, oranges, papaya, and sugar cane are important resources in Brazil for trade.
BRAZILEnvironmental Problems:
Rainforest Destruction• More than half of Brazil is covered by the
rainforest.
• The rainforests is home to more than 40,000 different plants and animals.
BRAZIL - Rainforest
• The rainforest is valuable in many ways:
- Plants can be used to create medicine that can cure diseases.
- brazil nuts, cocoa, and rubber are some of the valuable products people use.
- Trees are sold for timber
BRAZIL - Rainforest
Most important of all, the Amazon Rainforest produces 20% of the earth’s oxygen.
So if it is all cleared…How will we breathe?
BRAZIL - Rainforest
Many native people live in the rainforest. They depend on the rainforest for food, clothing, and shelter.
- Destroying the rainforest will destroy their way of life.
BRAZIL - Rainforest
• Many poor people live in Brazil and the only way to get money is to sell the trees from the rainforest.
• This cleared land can then be used to raise cattle or grow crops for money as well.
• Unfortunately, the deforestation of the rainforest is the result of this economic activity.
• In the last 10 years, over 200,000 square miles of rainforest has been lost to deforestation.
BRAZIL - Rainforest
• While the government and environmental groups are trying to control or stop the deforestation, it is still being cut down illegally.
• This is because there is a lot of money to be made from the resources provided by the rainforest.
CUBA
CUBA - Location
• Cuba is an island 90 miles south of the state of Florida
• Bounded by the Gulf of Mexico on the NW, the Atlantic Ocean on the NE, and the Caribbean Sea to the south.
• Largest island in the West Indies (Caribbean islands)
CUBA
CUBA - Climate
• Cuba has a tropical climate but it seems cooler because of trade winds. It is hot all year, but the winds help move the air to provide relief from the heat.
• Rainy season is from May to October and the dry season is from November to April.
CUBA – Natural Resources
• 28% of Cuba’s land is arable.
• Sugar Cane is Cuba’s most important crop and sugar is the biggest export
CUBA – Natural Resources
• Coffee, fish, fruits, and tobacco products are other import exports
• Cuba is well known for its cigars and provides a huge source of income
CUBA - Natural Resources
• Cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, petroleum, timber, silica,
CUBA - Trade
• Cuba exports its natural resources mentioned previously: coffee, tobacco, sugar, fruits, fish.
• Another huge industry in Cuba is its tourism. It is a very beautiful island and is building new hotels and resorts for tourists from Canada, Latin America, and Europe…notice Americans were not included in this list.
• Venezuela is Cuba’s largest trading partner and provides it with oil at a reduced cost.
• 3 major seaports
CUBA - People
• Population is 11,000,000• Area: 43,000 square miles• 76% of Cubans live in an urban area, while 24%
live in rural areas.• 20% of Cubans live in Havana, the largest city in
Cuba
CUBA - People
